The Federal Government said yesterday that there was no end to frequent national grid collapses in the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe-led Senate Committee on Power to defend the 2025 budget, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said the national electricity grid remains vulnerable to frequent collapses, partly because the government is …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Wednesday night, disclosed that it had successfully restored bulk power supply through its 330KV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission Line 1 to seven northern states, following the repair of the line. In a statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, TCN disclosed that repair works on the line were completed at 4:56 p.m., on Wednesday. …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji said on Monday that the state government needed N1 billion to reconnect some council areas that had been in darkness for 10 years and as well an agriculture processing zone to the national grid. Oyebanji said that the state’s 3.5MW Independent Power Plant project to supply light to government offices and tertiary institutions in …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has dismissed a letter that purportedly claimed it had surrendered its statutory powers and functions on judges’ appointments and promotions to state governors. The NJC said that the letter addressed to the Chief Judge of Kebbi State and purportedly signed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, did not emanate from the council …